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SCN's latest Construction Leader Callum Houston talks to Margaret Taylor about Holmes Miller's proud public sector achievements, working in China and the challenges architects face to ensure they are appropriately remunerated. When she visited the Scottish Prison Service’s new site f

Osprey Housing has appointed two new ‘apprentice’ board members to help widen diversity and deepen understanding of the communities it serves. Joining as Osprey’s first non-voting boardroom apprentices are Lauren Allan, an assistant technical co-ordinator with Barratt Developments,

Scottish housing minister Paul McLennan visited Hillcrest’s Cove development on Tuesday to mark the official opening of another phase of affordable homes. The Cove development, constructed by Stewart Milne Homes and situated with picturesque views overlooking the sea at Falkland Avenue, repres

Glasgow City Council has announced £5.57 million of funding to regenerate five vacant land projects after a report confirmed the continued fall in derelict sites in the city. The fall in derelict and vacant land between 2021 and 2022 was 32 hectares (4% of the total), down to 848 hec

Environmental services company Recycl8 has been awarded with a six-figure grant from the Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund (LCMCF). This LCMCF is facilitated by Scottish Enterprise as part of the Scottish Government’s initiative, ‘Making Scotland’s Future’, to promote l

Glasgow City Council’s ambition to regenerate the Clyde Waterfront took a further step forward with the topping out ceremony for Dandara Living’s new Granary Quay development at Glasgow Harbour. Situated on the site of former grain warehouses, Granary Quay is a build-to-rent development

Kingdom Initiatives and the University of St Andrews are celebrating the handover of 22 new affordable homes in the town as the first phase of an exciting new ‘university village’ completes. Working in partnership for the first time, this pioneering project at The Grange will offer much-

Aberdeen's Jamieson & Carry, an independent, family-owned jewellery business founded in 1733, has unveiled the next phase of its multi-million-pound expansion plans at its Union Street store. A planning application to combine the existing store at 142 Union Street with the neighbouring building

Family-owned steel company Alexander (Scotland) & Co Ltd has transitioned into employee ownership, handing their respective employees a 100% share via the creation of an employee ownership trust (EOT). Alexander (Scotland) & Co Ltd has been serving steel customers across Central Scotland for

Commercial property developer HFD has raised over £100,000 for good causes in Glasgow and the surrounding area on the back of its sell-out golfing fundraiser. The event was organised by The HFD Charitable Foundation earlier this month and saw 36 teams compete at Gleneagles across its three cha

A former office building at Edinburgh Park has become a temporary home for 42 artists, as the vacant space is repurposed by creators specialising in sculpture, illustration, textile design, printmaking and more. Outer Spaces, the arts organisation behind the initiative, recently received a £50

New images have revealed more about how a proposed multi-million-pound revamp of Aberdeen beach could look following the submission of new planning applications. Aberdeen City Council said the designs, which have been shaped by the city’s youngsters, will create new areas at the beac

Scotland must deliver its Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, including key targets and milestones, in order to fully unleash its clean energy potential, Scottish Renewables has said. The trade body has outlined its top priorities for the Scottish Government ahead of the upcoming Programm

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is once again looking for the next generation of construction industry leaders from around the world to take its coveted competition by storm for the 10th year running. First launched in 2014, the Global Student Challenge contest sees teams of students stud

The lightweight form of concrete linked to the collapse of the roof at a primary school in 2018 could be widespread in social homes built during the 1950s-70s, consultants have warned. Yesterday Scottish Construction Now reported that reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)